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More Blankenship bashing …
… from the folks at FirstPost. Blankenship bashing on Grist here, here, and here. Why this guy isn’t every progressive’s bogeyman is beyond me.
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See how easy it is being Green(TM)! Just use Greenwash!
Luckily, some folks at the U. of Oregon are tracking it.
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Senators include clean-energy incentives in economic stimulus bill
More than 40 senators, of both the Democrat and Republican persuasion, got behind a successful effort to include green-job boosting and renewable-energy incentives in the Senate version of an economic stimulus package. The legislation passed markup in the Finance Committee today and now heads to the Senate floor for a final vote.
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Companies are greening but progress is limited, says report
Hardly a day goes by without some U.S. company touting its green credentials, but don’t get too optimistic about corporate eco-friendliness. Consulting company Greener Media studied companies’ performance on 20 economic and environmental indicators, from alternative-fuel vehicles to telecommuting to pesticide use, and has published the results in a new 65-page report. Only eight of […]
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The Big Three attempt to persuade other states of the danger of fuel efficiency standards
Automakers are ramping up their PR effort to persuade states not to adopt California’s auto emission standards, which they fear will survive the Bush administration’s latest monkey wrench. But their arguments are as silly as ever: Dave McCurdy, chief executive of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers … said the California-inspired initiative would result in a […]
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Biz to gov: no, you first
Despite all the hype about the greening of the private sector, the big businesses of the world largely don’t rate climate change as a top priority: Nearly nine in 10 of them do not rate it as a priority, says the study, which canvassed more than 500 big businesses in Britain, the US, Germany, Japan, […]
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Grist’s Today show appearance falls through, fans mourn
To all our devoted fans who sat in front of the TV this morning waiting for a Grist-tacular appearance on NBC's Today show, we apologize. Due to Today's relatively tight schedule and an earlier interview that ran overtime, Grist's Katharine Wroth was pulled from the show before she made it on stage.
Alas, the world is a much less-informed place than it could have been.
As a consolation, you can read some of the tips Katharine would have offered, now conveniently expunged of all references to the show. Enjoy! -
WV Supreme Court to get out of bed with Blankenship, reconsider his case
A while back, loathsome mountaintop-mining outfit Massey Energy was hit with a $50 million judgment in a West Virginia court, in a ruling that they had illegally driven other area mining companies out of business. They appealed to the W. Va. Supreme Court, which overturned the ruling in a vote of 3-2. Later, pictures turned […]
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Al Gore’s cable TV network plans to sell shares
Want a piece of Al Gore? Here’s your chance (kind of): The cable television network Gore cofounded, Current Media Inc., is planning to go public. Current TV is aimed at socially minded young folk and is largely composed of viewer-created content.
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Intel replaces PepsiCo as biggest U.S. buyer of alternative energy
Tech giant Intel has announced that it will buy 1.3 billion kilowatt hours of renewable energy credits a year, making it the biggest U.S. buyer of alternative energy. Previous record-holder PepsiCo is bumped into second place with a purchase of 1.1 billion kilowatt hours annually — but if Pepsi’s advertising is to be believed, every […]
